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Playing Backgammon Can Teach You Valuable Transferrable Entry-Level Job Skills


When I was a child, I used to play backgammon with my older brother. He usually won. He was good at all games of strategy like chess, Risk (R), Stratego (R), and Minesweeper (R). Playing backgammon requires other skills besides strategy, though. Counting, probability, and tactics are also needed. What's my point? My point is that it's hard to master these valuable transferrable skills solely in a classroom. Thanks to the Internet, you don't have to hope you can find someone willing to play a game or two of backgammon with you.

There are many online backgammon sites you can visit to master your problem solving skills, which is what strategy and tactics really boil down to. If you're studying to be a statistician, an accountant, or maybe you want to be an entrepreneur, playing backgammon online could be a fun and easy way to master the skills you need to excel in those professions.

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